Colorado teen whose severed head and hands were found in hoarder's freezer is identified after going missing in 2005

The severed caput and hands of a 16-year-old Colorado miss recovered successful a freezer person present been identified aft a months-long investigation, DailyMail.com tin reveal.

On January 12 this year, a household were clearing retired the location successful Grand Junction, Colorado that had antecedently belonged to the girl's family erstwhile they said they recovered the gruesome remains successful a thorax freezer near by the erstwhile owners.

Ten months later, Mesa County Coroner announced they person yet identified the assemblage parts arsenic belonging to Amanda Overstreet, who ‘was past known to beryllium live successful April 2005.’

Mesa County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Wendy Likes told DailyMail.com that Amanda was the biologic girl of the widowed homeowner Leanne, 55 – and Leanne’s precocious hubby Bradley was Amanda’s stepfather.

Likes declined to remark whether the biologic begetter had been identified oregon interviewed by police.

The spokeswoman said Amanda was 16 erstwhile she was past seen successful 2005.

Likes said nary arrests person been made successful the execution probe, and that Leanne is inactive a nonmigratory of Grand Junction, Colorado. 

‘The remainder of her assemblage has not been recovered astatine this time,’ the coroner’s bureau said. ‘The mode of decease is being investigated arsenic homicide. The lawsuit remains an progressive investigation, and nary further details volition beryllium released astatine this time.’

Bradley died property 61 connected July 7, 2021, from a cardiac apprehension aft getting a atrocious lawsuit of Covid-19, according to section reports. 

The adjacent day, Leanne posted a fundraiser for his ceremonial and infirmary bills connected Facebook. The mates had 2 children of their own, Elsie Belle and Anthony Imer.

‘Bradley D. Imer came down with Covid past period and was admitted to the ICU connected June 27th. He passed distant July 7th. Our household is trying to rise wealth to wage for his burial and aesculapian expenses,’ she wrote.

‘We had a flood successful our location a mates of months agone and person been surviving successful a edifice since May 3rd, portion trying to enactment with our homeowner's security and contractors to implicit the repairs.

‘Our girl is started her elder twelvemonth successful a mates of weeks and her father's passing has conscionable devastated her, they were champion friends.

‘Bradley had galore friends & household who helium touched during his life. Bradley was loved and respected by many. He lived his beingness to the fullest with nary regrets. Bradley would springiness the garment of his backmost and nary 1 near our location without a repast and bully conversation.

‘Bradley was (still is) the emotion of my life, my champion friend, the top father, a fantastic husband, and the champion antheral I volition ever know. I conscionable don't cognize what we are going to without him. Bradley was our stone and the bosom and psyche of our family. No antheral volition ever unrecorded up to his representation due to the fact that helium was conscionable a large man, loved by each who knew him.’

She added that she and her lad Anthony were ‘going to enactment successful the motorhome successful the beforehand gait until the repairs [to their flooded house] are made.’

Neighbors said they saw a young antheral surviving with Leanne and described them arsenic ‘hoarders’.

One local, posting anonymously connected a blog, wrote: ‘Does anyone cognize thing astir a girl that lived astatine that house? We unrecorded astir the country and utilized to spot her astir the vicinity but haven’t seen her successful years.’

Sam Troester, who lives crossed the street, said she noticed thing unusual erstwhile radical successful hazmat suits turned up astatine the home.

Troester said she learned what had happened erstwhile the radical intending to bargain the freezer came to her doorway and asked if they could usage her restroom.

'I fto them successful and cautiously I was like, 'What's going on?'' she told 9 News.

'And they continued to archer maine that they opened the freezer to bare it truthful they could transport it and they said a caput fell out. A quality head!'

Sheriffs aboriginal confirmed that quality hands were besides recovered successful the freezer.

'A thorough and elaborate probe is the apical priority,' the Mesa County Sheriff's Office wrote successful a quality merchandise astatine the time.

'Our anticipation is to positively place the unfortunate portion remaining respectful of the unfortunate and the victim's family.'

They added: 'These types of tests instrumentality a important magnitude of time.'